Imelda Marcos
Former First Lady and erstwhile powerful political figure in the Philippines.
Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
Thank God I never lost that childlike innocence and the purity of vision and naivete. …That childlike innocence was most useful, because if I was a bit wiser, I wouldn't have been able to do anything, perhaps. So I'm glad I was not smart.
If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.
They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.
I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile.
I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there.
The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.
I would have to ask the public to choose between a culture of hate or a culture of love. I am sure our poor will pick the latter. With the Marcos assets, we could regain this value of sharing love with one another.
I'm the Imelda Marcos of sunglasses.
I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance.
The best compliment I ever got in my life came from Chairman Mao of China. When I went there, at a time when nobody wanted to touch China with a 10-foot pole, Mao told me that I'm beautiful because I'm a natural, and he said natural is perfection. So, no character assassination can diminish me and my perfection.
I've always maintained that the only things to uphold are the good, the true and the beautiful. We have to reject what's ugly.
Funny, I never shopped. Even my jewelry — not a piece of my jewelry I bought for me.
Diligence, hard work, foresight, entrepreneurship and God's blessing.
I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act.
A cunning child with a remarkable gift for both self-delusion and self-preservation. Marcos, who turned 75 last week, always maintained her childlike sense of entitlement, despite the harsh realities of life.
She spent money. No question about that...She is a world-class spender. She is a world-class shopper.
When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.